- Book a Consultation
To book a consultation please book below:
For general enquiries to check the suitability of this approach for your condition or issue prior to booking, please email with details:
mark@truesouthmedical.co.nz
What I offer in a consultation :
- Discussion of your health goal aims
- Assessment of your lifestyle or nutritional contribution to your medical conditions and health.
- Ongoing review for the treatment and potential reversal of the above medical conditions by lifestyle and nutritional means. (see above list of conditions)
- Accountability for adherence to diet and lifestyle plans.
- Advice on nutrition and foods and drinks to include and avoid in your diet.
- Advice on transitioning to a whole foods plant based diet, including direction for shopping lists, meal plans and recipes where needed.
- Help with sustainable, consistent healthy weight loss where beneficial.
I offer specialist advice in nutrition for plant based diets and lifestyle medicine and in general will work in tandem with any other medical specialists you may currently have and your currently enrolled General Practitioner. They will ordinarily continue to provide your usual medical care.
Some people make appointments for occasional check ups or consultations, whilst many come for regular or semi regular sessions to keep on track with the therapeutic aims.
Publicly funded blood testing and private referrals are available where required.
Success in treating and reversing medical conditions in general depends on the ability of patients to be able to adhere to a healthy plant based diet, in conjunction with the genetic loading (contribution of their genes) of their disease. In general, lifestyle factors are responsible for far greater proportion of our most common medical conditions, although this differs for different conditions and between individuals. I will support you in this process, and provide specific information, reading suggestions and online information to help this. The readings and information links provided are an essential part of understanding the background and how-to of plant based diets and achieving successful outcomes. I recommend some general pre-reading around whole food plant based diets in order to be informed when coming for a consultation.
Current consulting sessions – generally Fridays at present, other times sometimes possible by arrangement including online (Zoom).
Location (from September 2022): with Assist Healthcare GP Practice, 6 Mount Albert Road, Auckland.
Online Zoom appointments are possible and many patients find this easier where no examination is necessary. In person consultations are recommended initially for general checkups or for patients with specific medical conditions in order to perform an examination e.g. blood pressure, cardiovascular examinations, abdominal and joint examinations.
Please note I am unable to offer advice by email for medical or nutritional advice requests without having an appointment with a patient (in person or online) in order to adhere to Medical Council guidelines.
Please email in advance or bring to any appointment:
- Any relevant medical history summary you have (GPs and Specialists should be able to provide you this on request)
- Medication list
- Any relevant test results – especially most recent blood tests or trends, and scans or procedures where relevant
- A food diary to discuss – minimum 3 days, ideally up to 7 days.
- A statement of where you are at with your diet/ lifestyle, your aims for a consultation and main questions.
Your medical information will be treated confidentially, using a secure medical notes Practice Management System. It may a shared with other doctors if you give consent.
Appointment costs :
This is dependant on time required and clinical case.
Suggested first appointment 75 minutes for a full assessment and initial plan. A longer appointment of 90 minutes can be very useful to discuss health or nutrition issues in more detail at one appointment, as we often find there are often many questions and queries.
Appointments charged at a rate of 60 minutes / $180 +Gst:
75 minutes – $225 +Gst
90 minutes – $270 +Gst
This allows for full assessment and initial management plan. Please choose the length of appointment above appropriate to your condition. For Virtual/ online appointments I will send you a meeting link to click on at the appropriate time.
Follow up appointments in person or Virtual (Zoom)- 30 mins / $100 + Gst
Referrals, prescriptions and other administration tasks $25 + Gst unless (included within the consultation time.)
Payable please by internet bank transfer prior or immediately after consultation.
PLEASE GIVEN NOTICE OF MINIMUM 48HRS FOR ANY CANCELLATIONS. The appointment includes booking of office space and also allows for patients from the waiting list to be offered an appointment. Many thanks.
I look forward to helping you achieve your nutrition and lifestyle goals.
